 Loops are for short duration videos (max 30 seconds) and is a separate app/platform from Pixelfed. We're also working with @stux and his #Goldfish project so the fediverse will have many options to choose from. Loops is more like Vine, simple and short, for longer videos we think Goldfish and/or PeerTube can meet your needs. This is the amazing thing about the fediverse, instead of competing with Goldfish, I'm mentoring/helping them. In the fediverse, we all win, no matter the platform. π Updated the Loops website https://loops.video and created @loops that you can follow for updates!
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 @dansup Looking forward to this! I think a Fediverse short-form video app like TikTok is something that's very much needed. My question is will this integrate and be interoperable with PeerTube? More specifically, will you be able to watch Loops videos from PeerTube as you would another PT server? Also, I love your work with Pixelfed, which is a top-notch photo sharing app. Adding the ability to edit S3 api key/secret credentials is sketchy and requires careful consideration. Before: fetch from cached .env variables After: fetch from redis cache, if fails fetch from db, if fails fetch from cached .env vars Now we need to store api keys in the database and hydrate the cache with the values, so I'm encrypting the db values and decrypting them in the redis cache. Few db columns need this level of security, but I think I got this right π€  @dansup Pixelfed currently supports not only local and S3 media storage filesystems, but also 2 fallback S3 disks and a backup disk. This means you can configure your primary S3 disk using AWS S3 and also have two different fallback disks (say DO Spaces and Wasabi) configured to fallback to in the event the primary disk is unavailable. You can also configure the backup disk to store app, database, local media backups or full backups on a separate disk/S3 provider! β¨ nobody: me: let's make it super easy to configure S3 support from the dashboard **several hours later** done. and done properly! we first validate new or updated S3 creds work before applying/saving them, ensuring you don't accidentally break S3 support. Shipping this weekend with the rest of the Dashboard Settings refactor π The Fediverse: This vast, cosmic orchestra where every little bit, born from the heart of a star, showcases the united spirit and creative genius of our community, and pulses through every part of this digital cosmos, declaring that this magnificent symphony belongs to everyone. As I work on the @pixelfed admin settings refactor, I'm realizing how many config settings there are, not to mention how nice it is to be able to update a setting and for it to take immediate effect without having to run commands or restart horizon/php. I should have done this a long time ago. :pixelfed: Admins: Manage Settings with Instant Updates + Zero Downtime. Forget the .env and cli, soon you can manage most settings via the admin dashboard! Shipping Soon!
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@dansup Not to scare anyone, but I just heard this got escalated to the hashtag detectives Another #pixelfed shortcode test https://pixelfed.social/p/iYJI9aUbBp (shortcodes are smaller links to posts, and will soon be used across UI and links) Working on some @pixelfed Admin Dashboard improvements! I'm adding some default suggested rules that are fetched from our Beagle service. Feedback/new rule suggestions are appreciated (the rules will be fetched from https://beagle.pixelfed.net/api/v1/common/suggestions/rules) I have a kind suggestion: make the curated onboarding lighter and skip the apparently intrusive (and useless, too easy to circumvent) country and birthdate questions (with an env variable if some want to keep it?). Too daunting for privacy-focused new members, and too many clicks, it it dissuasive... Thank you for all the great work done! I just had to deal with the worst kind of report, I immediately banned the account and cleared associated media from our CDN Ended up spending the evening working on federating account deletions to purge this from known fediverse servers (done β ) Now I'm working to make it easier for admins to report illegal content to the authorities I'm making this public because @pixelfed needs your help to report sus posts and feedback on how to keep our community safe from illegal content
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  Just wanted to say kudos to you for caring enough to do this. I used to report (what I'm guessing is) the same type of content on Twitter ... for hours (often daily). There were just so many. It's horrific & emotionally draining. But, egads, it's necessary (crucial, really) for decent people to step in. So, thank you. Fediverse Rule #43 In the event of an apocalypse, get to the nearest instance admin ASAP. The fediverse admin is a rare breed that is keen on survival, should you piss them off, be prepared to find another. This message was brought to you by your friendly fedi wizards, and don't forget your towel!  @dansup HELL yeah man... well said!! Happy to be growing INTO that role myself... I'm a #fediadmin serving a user base of *1*... but hopefully expanding soon! Hahahaha "it really do be like that" #instagramOutage #joinPixelfed #pixelfed #itReallyDoBeLikeThat This outage and the AT&T one the other week has me remembering that movie "Leave the World Behind" Shit do kinda be spooky π
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A while ago I've set my focus back on web dev again and mainly the Goldfish concept πͺ
Currently I'm busy getting fully back into the code with courses so that we can rewrite the front- and backend in the right away with a seperation and API :blobcathearts:
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@dansup @stux Vine was so great until Twitter ate it alive, didn't know what to do with it, and killed it. IOW Twitter has always sucked, they've just moved from benevolent sucking to malevolent sucking.
@dansup I know you just said "max 30 seconds" but you also said "Vine" and I was always very impressed with how much creativity can be squeezed into just 6 seconds.
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I would love to see 10 seconds or less as the default.